https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 27 Apr 2026 17:51:04 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-bottle-to-your-ebf-baby/page/2#post-1950805 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 13:43:01 +0000 Pumuckl 1950805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My nipples were put on nursing rest by LO's 8th day that's when he started getting bottles. He never had any trouble going between bottles and BF. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-bottle-to-your-ebf-baby/page/2#post-1950044 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 02:37:41 +0000 littleblessings 1950044@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well I introduced bottles to my DD at about 4 weeks. She took very well.<br /> Tried the same with DS about the same time. He fought. Now 10 mos old and still refuses a bottle. /: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-bottle-to-your-ebf-baby#post-1950039 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 02:24:51 +0000 Boogs 1950039@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 2 month old will take a bottle, but for whatever reason he stays really unsettled after. The last time I did this he decided to cluster feed the next few hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-bottle-to-your-ebf-baby#post-1950001 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 23:57:22 +0000 Corduroy 1950001@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We introduced at 4 weeks. LO drank that bottle just fine... then we battled for the next three months. It took three nine hour days without me to get her to even take a sip again. For LO2 I plan to start earlier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-bottle-to-your-ebf-baby#post-1949937 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 22:31:47 +0000 mrs. tictactoe 1949937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think around 3 weeks. Then we did a small bottle every other day after that to make sure he stayed used to it. I have friends who introduced the bottle, then stopped for a couple weeks, and the baby never took a bottle after that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-bottle-to-your-ebf-baby#post-1949901 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 21:37:17 +0000 MamaChin 1949901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO1 got some formula at the hospital and have had a bottle everyday until we took him off bottles at 1. Introducing to LO2 now at 8 months (I SAH now) and oh god don't be like me, so many tears. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-bottle-to-your-ebf-baby#post-1949895 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 21:34:55 +0000 SleepyMonkey 1949895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we introduced them around 4 weeks and she would take them up until 6 weeks, and then flat out refused until i went back to work. then she would only take a bottle from my mom, no one else. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-bottle-to-your-ebf-baby#post-1949891 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 21:29:21 +0000 Mrs. Tea 1949891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did in the first couple days on the advice of the hospital lactation consultant. I just couldn't keep up with her and it gave me a little break because oh goodness was I ever sore in those early times!</p> <p>We never had any confusion, as long as there was food she was happy ha ha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-bottle-to-your-ebf-baby#post-1949826 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 19:53:11 +0000 matador84 1949826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not until 10 weeks to get her ready for daycare. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-bottle-to-your-ebf-baby#post-1949817 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 19:43:40 +0000 littleowl88 1949817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About 3.5 weeks I think. And she probably got 1 bottle a day for a while, occasionally more or less depending on our schedule. I went back to work full-time at 11 weeks and so far (now 20 weeks) she has had no problems with the bottle all day and nursing in the mornings/evenings. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-bottle-to-your-ebf-baby#post-1949809 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 19:31:46 +0000 MrsRcCar 1949809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>E took some bottles in NICU, since then no bottles. He flat refuses them now. He is 9 months. Part of me wishes he would take one every now and then. I miss sleep, he won't even take a sippy cup either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-bottle-to-your-ebf-baby#post-1949753 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 18:04:09 +0000 catomd00 1949753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>8-10 weeks I think to give her enough time to get used to it before I went back to work at 16 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-bottle-to-your-ebf-baby#post-1949604 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 16:12:45 +0000 Dandelion 1949604@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>M had to have formula/bottle from 3-5 weeks because of my gallbladder issues, but since I got through that, he hasn't had one (7.5 months) and now won't take one.</p> <p>But, he's doing pretty good with a sippy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-bottle-to-your-ebf-baby#post-1949590 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 16:05:10 +0000 beloved 1949590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One week! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-bottle-to-your-ebf-baby#post-1949588 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 16:04:22 +0000 MrsStar 1949588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We introduced one at 4 weeks, it didn't last long though (I didn't want to pump) but she was fine when she did have a bottle - no nipple confusion </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-bottle-to-your-ebf-baby#post-1949549 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 15:40:45 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 1949549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One bottle of pumped milk every day from day 3. Still doing this at 8 months old. We do the bedtime bottle. That way DH is a bed time routine pro and I'm not needed for it!</p> <p>ETA: my philosophy is that if he was nursing 12 times a day, one bottle a day wasn't going to confuse him :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-bottle-to-your-ebf-baby#post-1949497 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 15:10:24 +0000 lilteacherbee 1949497@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I gave him a bottle of pumped BM at 5 days old. He went back and forth from bottle to breast with no issue. He probably had one bottle every 2-3 days until I went back to work at 8 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-bottle-to-your-ebf-baby#post-1949456 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 14:43:27 +0000 anonysquire 1949456@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Day 1. And then she had 1 bottle a week for like 5 weeks starting at 6 week and then went back to ebf. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-bottle-to-your-ebf-baby#post-1949418 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 14:21:21 +0000 meredithNYC 1949418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About 2 or 3 weeks, pretty much bc I feared too much of a boob attachment, which I am just not cut out to handle. One of my friends advised me to do it early on and I'm so thankful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-bottle-to-your-ebf-baby#post-1949389 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 14:07:19 +0000 Radish 1949389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was within the first week - I wanted to make sure DH could share in the feeding responsibilities when I wanted to sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-bottle-to-your-ebf-baby#post-1949383 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 14:04:34 +0000 Little Misters Mom 1949383@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One day shy of 3 weeks. DH gave him a bottle and I was able to sleep for 3.5 consecutive hours and it was amazing. Now DH gives him a bottle in the morning and the few times I've just nursed him instead (when travelling) he's been find. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-bottle-to-your-ebf-baby#post-1949374 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 14:00:11 +0000 Smurfette 1949374@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would do it as soon as you can and offer it once a day for awhile. We had to have a bottle boot camp before I went back to work cause she wouldn't take them. Spent so much money on bottles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-bottle-to-your-ebf-baby#post-1949369 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 13:57:49 +0000 Adira 1949369@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Between 3 and 4 weeks with Xander. He never had an issue going back and forth though - we were lucky. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-bottle-to-your-ebf-baby#post-1949355 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 13:48:25 +0000 coopsmama 1949355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With DS, 2 weeks. He took one just fine. DD is 4 months old and will not take one - she flat out refuses to take it from anyone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-bottle-to-your-ebf-baby#post-1949350 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 13:45:27 +0000 nana87 1949350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2 months, but that was also when we started supplementing bc my supply was low. She took the bottle great then though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-bottle-to-your-ebf-baby#post-1949349 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 13:43:44 +0000 birdofafeather 1949349@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I want to say 4-6 weeksish? I didn't want to mess with nipple confusion/supply and I hadn't even received my pump yet so I was just hand expressing. It took her a couple tries to get it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-bottle-to-your-ebf-baby#post-1949348 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 13:42:39 +0000 Bluebonnet 1949348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 3 weeks with both LOs. I WOH/WAH and have not had issues with confusion, latch, or botte refusal. We use the comotomo bottles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-bottle-to-your-ebf-baby#post-1949347 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 13:40:18 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1949347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: THIS IS MY LIFE RIGHT NOW. oh my lord give me one night off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-bottle-to-your-ebf-baby#post-1949345 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 13:38:08 +0000 sorrycharlie 1949345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: that is what happened to us! she took a bottle several times while I was recovering from thrush/mastitis/dying boobies but once I stopped, she stopped. I don't want to have to pump regularly, but once in awhile would be nice! lol. gah. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-introduce-a-bottle-to-your-ebf-baby#post-1949341 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 13:36:43 +0000 travellingbee 1949341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>just at 4 weeks </p>